Issue - meetings

Report of the Monitoring Officer is enclosed.

That Members note the level of coverage achieved so far and that further training has been arranged for both Town and Community Councils and County Councillors.

The Head of Legal and Democratic Services introduced a report to inform Members of the training undertaken so far in this municipal year in respect of the Code of Conduct.

Three training sessions for Town and Community Councillors had been arranged in June 2012. In total 37 Councillors, from a possible 441 seats attended which equated to an 8% attendance.  Further training for Town and Community Councillors would take place on 26 November at 6.30 pm at Douglas Court Community Centre, Saltney.  Three training sessions were held in May for CountyCouncillors and 6 attended. This represented 8.6% of the total number of Councillors and 60% of those Councillors elected in May 2012 who had not previously been a County Councillor.

The Head of Legal and Democratic Services said that he has been invited to attend Group Leaders Meetings to provide 20 minute training sessions in respect of interests, rather than the Code of Conduct.  He reported that he had already given a training session to the Conservative Group and had dates arranged for training the Independent Alliance and Liberal Democrat Groups.  He had been contacted by the Labour Group but had not been able to arrange a date and this left the Independent Group and one ungrouped Member.

RESOLVED:-

That Members note the level of coverage achieved so far and that further training has been arranged for both Town and Community Councils and County Councillors.